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Listen to "Central Park Five" Presentation

Yusef Salaam shares his story in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) building.

Yusef Salaam shares his story in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) building.

OMAHA – OMAHA - Activist Yusef Salaam shared his story on campus on Wednesday, Dec. 2.

Salaam is one of the “Central Park Five,” a group of five teenagers who were wrongly convicted in the 1989 sexual assault of a jogger in New York’s Central Park.

The young men served full sentences but were later exonerated after a man who was already in prison confessed to the crime.

Listen to Salaam's presentation here:(Due to the serious nature of the subject matter, listener discretion is advised.)

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